Need help to choose a program to use in Linux

[Xolo]

Hello all,

I'm pretty new to Linux, so please bear with me.

I've been converting my own DVD's to ISO files for years now using Windows programs (AnyDVD, DVDShrink, DVDFabDecryptor and various other software tools).

I'm moving several of my PC's over to Linux Mint now, because I've had it with Microsoft (for personal reasons, please don't hijack this thread to express your grievances about them). But I need to know what software to use to do what I was able to do with my Microsoft PC's

I typically converted DVD9 discs to DVD9 ISO images (no compression of the files). Most of the time I remove all of the menus. However, for my TV show DVD's I keep the menus, basically making an exact copy. I also make individual ISO images of each TV episode, in case I don't feel like having to go through the whole menu to watch a specific one.

So what software will allow me to do these 3 types of conversions?
What settings do I need to modify to get this done?
Anything else I should be aware of?

I know this is a lot to ask for in a single posting, but I didn't want to make 3 different threads.
Thanks for all of the help.

[freebird73717]

Not sure what native linux programs will do what you want but if you don't mind installing wine on your systems then you can use dvdfab (the free version -- note that as far as I know the paid version doesn't work in wine) and dvdshrink.

Both work perfectly fine in linux by using wine. Use dvdfab to get the dvd's to your hard drive. Then use dvdshrink to create your iso's however you want by using it's reauthor feature.

Not really a purist nix way of doing things but it does work just fine.

[Xolo]

I'd like to be able to use Linux programs, hence the heading of the post.

I had thought of using Wine to do that, but some of my PC's are quite a bit older. Going to Linux was a way to free up resources so that they could do a better job of ripping/encoding.

Thanks for the suggestion. I will keep it in mind if I get no other answers here.

[Baldrick]

I have not seen anything like dvdshrink for Linux. BUt I would try k9copy and dvd::rip.

[freebird73717]

Ok. But realize that wine requires no overhead. A windows program running in linux by way of wine will use the same amount of resources as it would running in windows.

http://linux.about.com/od/softorther/a/softotherwine.htm

The goal of the Wine project is to develop a "translation layer" for Linux and other POSIX compatible operating systems that enables users to run native Microsoft Windows applications on those operating systems.

This translation layer is a software package that "emulates" the Microsoft Windows API (Application Programming Interface), but the developers emphasize that it is not an emulator in the sense that it adds an extra software layer on top of the native operating system, which would add memory and computation overhead and negatively affect performance.

Instead Wine provides alternative DDLs (Dynamic Link Libraries) that are needed to run the applications. These are native software components that, depending on their implementation, can be just as efficient or more efficient than their Windows counterparts. That is why some MS Windows applications run faster on Linux than on Windows.

I've personally had very good results using dvdfabhddecrypter and dvdshrink in wine. They are programs that you are already familiar with and will work just the same with no lose of resources or productivity.

There are a few nix dvd rippers , two that comes to mind right off the bat are dvd::rip and dvd95, but the nix rippers don't get updated as often as dvdfab does and they can't handle newer copy protections.
I've never used either though so I can't tell you their effectiveness.

You can also check out our linux tools section
https://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/linux-video-tools

[Xolo]

I have tried K9copy. My problem with it is that it always tries to convert the rip to a DVD5 when I want it to be a DVD9. Unless I have missed something, maybe a setting that can be modified?

I handn't realized that there was no overhead using Wine. Then I can still use my AnyDVD and DVDShrink, as well as AnyDVDMobile (for mp4's).

Well, thanks a bunch! That really helps out. I'll take a look at that this weekend.

[freebird73717]

... Then I can still use my AnyDVD and DVDShrink, as well as AnyDVDMobile (for mp4's).

Well, thanks a bunch! That really helps out. I'll take a look at that this weekend.

I've not tried anydvd with wine but from what I've read it doesn't work.
However dvdfab (free version) does work.

For information about whether a certain program will work with wine or not just look it up in the wine apps database.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&sTitle=Browse%20Applicati...Ascending=true
They give a rating system from Platinum (meaning perfect) to Garbage (meaning doens't work at all).

Here is the reviews for anydvd
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=6361

Reviews for dvdfab
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=2377

Revies for dvdshrink
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?appId=1533

Some apps work great. Some work pretty well. Some don't work at all. Not a perfect solution by any means. But for a great many programs it works just fine.

[intracube]

I typically converted DVD9 discs to DVD9 ISO images (no compression of the files).

Have you tried k3b? It can rip dual layer DVDs to a single ISO image.

I can't recommend any easy to use programs for ripping or DVD authoring, as the ones I've tried have been buggy/unreliable.

I usually use mplayer to rip content, dvdauthor to create the DVD structure and growisofs to burn back to disc. All three are command line programs.

Don't rule out using wine - as freebird73717 says, it often works well.

[courtrrb]

That's easy to do.
Use vobcopy to mirror the disk to your your hard drive. (It will remove any copy protection)
Then use k3b to burn it back to disk.
This what I do all the time to make copies of my DVD9's.

By the way I refuse to use any window programs including those I could use wine with.